Traffic managers can control their variable message signs with greater flexibility and speed thanks to an app from Bartco UK and its sister company MVIS.
BartcoLive enables users of Bartco UK VMS to create messages remotely via Apple and Android smartphones, tablets and laptops, accessing the chief sign-management operating platform, Web Studio.
In addition to message creation, BartcoLive offers secure login, a searchable list of assets, details regarding the status of each asset as well as its location o
The Russian authorities have used a rather direct message to encourage drivers to slow down. Two female models were paid to stand by the roadside in the Nizhniy Novgorod area, east of Moscow, holding up signs bearing road safety messages. This was not the only thing they were baring as the women were topless and wearing nothing but underwear and footwear. The move was supported by the local police as part of a road safety programme intended to reduce speeding. It was reported as a success by the local autho
UK government agency Highways England has awarded telent Technology Services with a major contract to manage over 30,000 roadside assets including messages signs and cameras.
Under the seven-year deal worth around €510 million, telent Technology will run the agency’s National Roads Telecommunications Service in England. The centre connects seven regional control centres as well as the national traffic operations centre.
